bumblebee n.4
1. (Aus.) a knee.
(con. 1950-1960) Dict. Inmate Sl. (Walla Walla, WA) 20: Bumblebees – knees. | ||
‘Whisper All Aussie Dictionary’ in Kings Cross Whisper (Sydney) xxxii 7/1: bumble bees: Knees. | ||
Ridgey-Didge Oz Jack Lang 18: Bumble Bees Knees. |
2. a tree.
🌐 He Captain Hooked in front of him. There was a bumblebee there! There hadn’t been a bumblebee there when he’d gone to sell the don’t know how. | ‘Cockney Jack and the Beanstalk’
3. VD, i.e. venereal disease.
Dirty Cockney Rhy. Sl. |